1991 Georgian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 26 May 1991.[1] The result was a victory for Zviad Gamsakhurdia of the Round Table-Free Georgia party, who won 87.6% of the vote, with an 82.9% turnout.[2]

1991 Georgian presidential election

26 May 1991
 
Nominee Zviad Gamsakhurdia Valerian Advadze
Party Round Table Concord, Peace, Revival Bloc
Popular vote 2,565,362 240,243
Percentage 87.58% 8.2%

President before election

Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Round Table

Elected President

Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Round Table

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Zviad GamsakhurdiaRound Table—Free Georgia2,565,36287.58
Valerian AdvadzeConcord, Peace, Revival Bloc240,2438.20
Jemal MikeladzeCommunist Party of Georgia51,7171.77
Nodar NatadzePeople's Front36,2661.24
Irakli ShengelaiaFreedom Bloc26,8860.92
Tamaz KvachantiradzeDemocratic Georgia Bloc8,5530.29
Total2,929,027100.00
Valid votes2,929,02798.66
Invalid/blank votes39,9181.34
Total votes2,968,945100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,594,81082.59
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p401
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